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R. E. MANLEY.

ENGINE STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1919.

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ENGINE STAND.

Patented Apr. 13, 192% 2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. MANLEY, 0F YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

ENGINE-STAND 1,336,912. I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 13, .1920.

Application filed June 6, 1919. Serial No. 302.229.

locked in place by screwing up the nut on the threaded end 12 by hand. To revolve the engine this nut is loosened and the engine and yoke are shifted laterally away from the support, when they may be rotated and then shifted laterally back in place and held in such adjusted position by the nut, which bears practically no stress. \Vhen possible to use it, however, the arm and link adjustment is preferred, for although a wrench is required to fasten the nut 19 in place, the use of the arm as a-levcr makes the adjustment much easier for a single workman, there being no lateral shifting of the weight necessary. I wish it distinctly understood in this connection that. while my preferred form is with a post and arm and link adjustment, my claims are to be construed as also covering the bench type as well where the yoke is held in place by friction or toothed engagement.

The smaller cylindrical portion of the pivot pin extends through the hole which is found in a Ford or Dodge automobile block between the two pairs of cylinders and is approximately the center of gravity of the engine. Consequently, when the block is held in place against the ends of the yoke by means of the nut 15, it may be turned about the pivot with little difliculty. It will be noted that when the engine block is placed in position upon the pivotpin and supported by the yoke all parts of it lie to one side of the support and that therefore the engine may be turned about the pivot the full 360.

'hat is claimed is: l

1. In an engine holder, a support, means rotatably mounted in said support so as to maintain the center of gravity of said means constantly insuch axis of rotation, and means for holding an engine on said rotatably mounted means to one side of said support.

'2. In an engine holder, a support, a pivot rotatably mounted in said support, a yoke member on said pivot, said pivot extending beyond said yoke and being adapted to sup-- port an engine by direct contact, means for holding said yoke in desired adjusted position, and means for holding said engine against said yoke.

3. In a support for an engine block, a central pivot adapted to pass through the block, a U-shaped member mounted on said pivot, means for binding said block on said central pivot and against said U-shaped member, thereb permitting access to said block on five si es.

4. In an engine stand, a post, a yoke pivoted thereto, means for binding an engine against said yoke with its center of gravity in line with the pivot thereof, an arm on said pivot, andmeans for adjustably securing the arm to said post in any desired angular position.

5. In an engine holder, means for supporting an engine so as to present five free sides, said means being symmetrical with respect to a horizontal and a vertical plane through its central axis, means for pivotally supporting said engine and said means, and additional means for holding the engine in any desired angular position about said pivot.

6. In an engine stand, a support, a yoke pivoted on said support and having ends adapted to press into the hollows between the adjoining cylinders of adjacent pairs of an engine, an extension to said pivot adapted to pass between said pairs of cylinders, means for binding the engine on said extension, and means for holding the yoke in adjusted angular position.

7 In a device for holding an engineblock for repairs, etc., a pivot adapted to'atend through said block in proximity to the center of gravity thereof, means for securing said engine to said pivot, and means for supporting said pivot.

8. In a device for holding an engine block for repairs, etc., a pivot adapted to pass through said block, means for supporting said pivot to permit rotation of same about its axis, and means for holding said pivot in desired angular position.

ROBERT E. MANLEY. 

